Archives - 21 June 2017, Wednesday

Brisbane, Australia-based Lyon Group yesterday said it is seeking interest for contracts to cover up to 640 MWh of storage capacity across Victoria, South Australia and Queensland. The company said that the market services tender includes a new $600 million combined large-scale solar ...

Some islands in the Eastern Caribbean, such as Nevis, have abundant geothermal resources but cannot take full advantage of this natural resource. There is so little local demand that the projects must remain small, even though a geothermal project could be scaled up to provide many ti...

The potential in European waters alone is estimated at 4,000 GW. However, scale and financing are critical, and floating offshore will have to overcome many of the same barriers that fixed-bottom offshore has faced in terms of narrowing the currently broad range of platform design opt...

The cities of Sarasota, Fla., and Columbia, S.C., have each made commitments to transition to 100% renewable energy, the Sierra Club has announced. According to the group, the Sarasota City Commission adopted a goal of powering all of Sarasota with 100% renewables by 2045. Sarasota jo...

As a massive heat wave sweeps across California, coinciding with the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, a perhaps unlikely force is keeping Californians cool: the sun. California’s grid operator just ​released new data showing that solar energy accounted for a record 9,914 ...

Toronto Hydro is testing pole-mounted energy storage devices that can supplement electricity during peak hours in homes. In a pilot project, a compact white box, a little bigger than a suitcase, has been mounted about six metres up a hydro pole in the Keele St.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has announced that up to $6.3 million is now available for emerging energy storage technologies that have not yet been commercialized but could support renewable power sources in the state. NYSREDA says the funding...

The cities of Sarasota, Fla., and Columbia, S.C., have each made commitments to transition to 100% renewable energy, the Sierra Club has announced. According to the group, the Sarasota City Commission adopted a goal of powering all of Sarasota with 100% renewables by 2045. Sarasota jo...

Key tax credits set to fuel dozens of gigawatts of new US wind and solar capacity over the next few years “look secure”, with Republicans unlikely to go after incentives already programmed to expire, says Greg Wetstone, chief executive of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACOR...

The hot summer days of July are here, and with them comes the perfect opportunity to cut down on utility bills by using some of these energy-saving tactics. These simple life hacks around the house are designed to be easy and quick -- and better yet, none of these cost-saving strategi...

Several U.K. cities are looking to initiate smart projects and developments to improve the efficiency of local services, enhance sustainability and develop their competitiveness. Smart city initiatives improve the ‘liveability’ of a city, helping to attract business and talent to supp...

In 2015, grid failures cost an estimated $110 billion to the US economy. For companies in the utility, telecom, homeland security, healthcare and niche industrial markets, the high business costs of electrical failure necessitate backup power solutions that are reliable and easy to op...

Two of five spar-buoy floating wind turbines for Statoil's landmark 30MW Buchan Deep array off Scotland are now afloat quayside at Bassoe's operations base at Stord, on the west coast of Norway. Italian offshore contractor Saipem’s S7000 heavylift vessel completed mating of the first ...

ORE Catapult partnership to investigate longer blades 21 June 2017 by David Weston , Be the first to comment UK: The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) has signed a £2.3 billion (€2.6 billion) research partnership with the University of Bristol to look at building blade...

A new report by Analysis Group has answered questions posed two months ago by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry about the reliability and market rules of the U.S. electric power grid. The result? Nope, there’s no evidence that a changing power mix – which includes t...

HPC develops new approaches to federal, state and local policies that promote growth in the residential energy efficiency sector through research, education, and policy analysis. HPC works with stakeholders to resolve the most serious issues facing the residential energy efficiency in...

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EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE), the North American subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency for the 100 MW Stoneray wind farm. The project is located in Pipestone and Murray counties i...

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Until as recently as mid-2016 there were high hopes for the final four years of Poland’s 2020 renewable energy strategy. A new auction system was supposed to bring stability, but serious obstacles have been put in the industry’s way by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party. In July 2...

Direct Energie are set to spend about €303 million upfront for Quadran, with an additional €113 million as projects under construction are commissioned. The deal will see Direct Energie acquire 234MW gross (148MW net) of operating onshore wind capacity as of 1 January 2017, and around...